NJ Transit bus strikes, seriously injures pedestrian in Newark

John Munson/The Star-LedgerA file photo of an NJ Transit bus. Tonight, a pedestrian was struck and seriously injured by a bus in Newark.
NEWARK — An unidentified pedestrian was trapped under an NJ Transit bus in the city's Central Ward tonight, and remains in critical condition in an area hospital, police said.

The victim, whose identity was withheld, was apparently struck by the NJ Transit bus near the intersection of Irvine Turner Boulevard and 18th Avenue shortly after 5:30 p.m., said city police Detective Todd McClendon.

Rescue crews managed to free the victim, who was taken to University Hospital and listed in critical condition tonight. Officials from the police department's homicide squad and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office are investigating the collision.